Improvement in waqon-beake



MORGAN & TERRELL.

Wagon Brake Patented July 21, 18,68.

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WlLLAM n.l MORGAN A'N'n J. H. Tnnnnnn oF'ANTIocH, iNnIANA.

Lenm Patent'No. 80,201; demouy 21,155,621.

f InPnovnMnNT 'In WAGON-BRAKE.

`To ALL WHOMIT MAY ooNonN: y y

Be' it known that we, Wuming B. MORGAN and J. H. Tnnnnm., of Antioch, in thocounty of Huntington,

' and State of Indiana, have inventedaney and. useful Improvement in Wagondrakes; end we do hereby declare tht the following is o. full, clear, and exist description thereof, w`hich' will enable those skilled in the art to Innki` and use thefscme, referencebeing hdd to the accompanying drnwings, forming part of this speciication, in which- The .figure is a. top-view ,f the'renr'pnrt. of the running-g'eoroffu. wagon, to njhich our improved brake has i been inttnched. l y i Our invention has for its objectA to improve theconstrulction of 'wagon-brakesLeoos 't'o pdnptthem for use 'withdiierent kinds of` loads. i

And it consists in the constru ction` and .combination'of various -parts of'the brake, as' hereinnfteimore fully described.

A are the rent wheels of the Wagon, B is the rcarexle, und C are `the renhounds, about .the construction.

of which parte there is nothing new.'

D is nwooden bar, securelynttac'hed tothe hounds` C end to, the renclilE, a`. '1ttle infrontof the wheeleA.. i

I Fare two short levers, piuotedt'o the ends of thebnr D, und to Athe-outer ends of which-.nre attached the The inner ende of the levers F extend nword -until they nearly moet, dnd to themere piv'oted the' rear en ds of the short connectnvgfnods Hlthe other ends of 'which are pinoted' to the end of. the shortlarmo leven I, attached to or formedA upon the' roc kbn r J, which works in bearings nttached-to the stationarytnr D. v

To onend of therock-bnJ is rigidly attached, or upon it is formed, en arm or' lever, K, whichlis con-- nected tothe band or' footlover nearthe drivel-@sent by a. connecting-rod, in the .ordinary manner.

To the other or extended end of. the rock-shaft'J is rigidly nttaohed, or'upon it is formed afoot-lever, L.

A'lhe'lever L enables the`brake'to be operated' by thedi-iver when thel wgon is low-ded nit-h lumber, grovel, or

'othei` foadngof suchel kind 'thnt'thedriverusnclly site upontbe side of his load.

loaded negen..

v'that'. the broke maybe apnlied by any one walking behind the n'ngon.`|v

. A'.lhe arm or .lever L nlso en nblesthe driver to apply the brake by Phand whenEnlking4 et thcnside of the v'M is on anni or'lcvcr .attached to thi-e rock-boi# J, nndprojectling donmwnrd'n-nd.-redrniarl. To the end of' the nijl'n4 on levier M is pivoted the fourni-dond of the' connecting-i011 N, the ronf'end of'whichia pivotedto the lavoro. l i

-One cnil-of the lever O'is pivote'd to the ren-r axle-"B, or to eo'me othenconvonion't porto? the gearing. The` le\ 'er Orests upon the renrw'afdly-projecting end of the reach E, and upon its end is formedn handlelj'eo prevents the brake from being'opernted in the o rlinnx'yl manner.

This arrangement isfdesigned to housed' when th-'ynjogon is loaded with' logs, hay,forgother loading thnt Bymeans of o. pin, pnssed through "the ndmf'the reach -E in the rearof the leven (Xi/lie'brake maybe held against thcwheelaslong ,as desired. I A z 7 f We claim ns new,nnd'desire' to secure .by Lettere Potent-l.

` 1. Tlxo'coi'nbinntion of the nrm or lever BLfconnectinglbar N, and pi-voted"lever O, 'with theocku-ban, eubstantinlly'ns herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of vthe stationary. bar D, sho't lovers F, rock-bnr .Llamas or levers-K IML, connectingrod N, and nivo-ted lever() with each other, substantially :ts herein shown and described, und foizthe pui-Roses ietforth. V A i n i i l The above specification ofour invention signed by us, this 9th of April, 866.

wI-nLAM 1s. Moncho.'

J.. 1412.42 Tnnnnm. 

